Places where salt is mined, in photos

• Locations where salt is mined in photographs

On the ground, a lot of salt, but rarely where it lies on the surface just like that. More often than not its production of stone deposits or salt water requires considerable effort. The process creates unique landscapes: caves with high arches, underground lakes, terraced hills with colored water pools. Some of the salt production places have become tourist sites and turned into concert halls, museums and health resorts, while others operate on a basic purpose today. In this collection you can see the salt mines and evaporation ponds from around the world.

Places where salt is mined, in photos

Multi-colored walls of the salt mine at a depth of 420 meters below the city Soligorsk south of Minsk, Belarus. Part of the mine was turned into a speleotherapy clinic for the treatment of respiratory diseases © Sergey Mikhalenko

Places where salt is mined, in photos

Saline in northwest China's Gansu Province. The history of the field has more than 2000 years © Barcroft

Places where salt is mined, in photos

The Salt Mine at sunset, Thailand © Artit Fongfung

Places where salt is mined, in photos

Salt Valley in the north of Spain in Anan. Natural sources of brine in this place, people have used since prehistoric times © Pablo Blazquez Dominguez

Places where salt is mined, in photos

A natural saline solution in the Valley of Salt, Spain © Pablo Blazquez Dominguez

Places where salt is mined, in photos

The collection of salt from evaporating terraces Anana © Pablo Blazquez Dominguez

Places where salt is mined, in photos

The mine Salina Turda in Romania for almost a thousand years functioned, and now turned into a tourist and medical center © DaLiu

Places where salt is mined, in photos

salt mining in Senegal © Sebastian Miranda

Places where salt is mined, in photos

Canyon Sacred Valley of the Incas in the Peruvian Andes near Cuzco, a view of the salt lake Salinas de Maras © Lovelypeace

Places where salt is mined, in photos

Salinas de Maras near. These terraces are located at an altitude of 3500 m © Frédéric Soltan

Places where salt is mined, in photos

Football goal in the former salt mine at a depth of 300 m, Ukraine © Marianna Ianovska

Places where salt is mined, in photos

Salt Pond in Ethiopia © Tran Qui Thinh

Places where salt is mined, in photos

Salt Lake in China © VCG

Places where salt is mined, in photos

A caravan of camels loaded with salt, Ethiopia © Joel Santos

Places where salt is mined, in photos

Lowland Danakil, Ethiopia. Salt Lake Danakil are at 100 meters below sea level and is one of the hottest and inhospitable places on earth. Nevertheless, there continue to produce the salt, as before, by hand © Carl Court

Places where salt is mined, in photos

Danakil, Ethiopia © Siegfried Modola

Places where salt is mined, in photos

A caravan of camels in Danakilskoy lowland © Carl Court

Places where salt is mined, in photos

The salt evaporation ponds in the Atacama Desert, Chile © LandSat-8

Places where salt is mined, in photos

A piece of rock salt mined in the mine Winsford, England. Every day here is extracted 20,000 tons of salt, which is then used for the manufacture of road reagents © Phil Noble

Places where salt is mined, in photos

Mechanized collection of salt in Turkey © Murat Oner Tas

Places where salt is mined, in photos

Salt piles at the plant in Arles, France © Sami Sarkis

Places where salt is mined, in photos

The salt fields of Vietnam © Quang Nguyen Vinh